Contoh kalimat simple past tense-Beberapa waktu yang lalu kita telah belajar tentang contoh berbagai bentuk dalam Present Tense lengkap baik yang simple present tense, present continuous tense,present perfect tense dan present perfect continuous tense. Nah, pembahasan kali ini akan membahas contoh kalimat dalam bentuk tense yang lain, apalagi kalayu bukan Past Tense, dimulai dengan yang paling sederhana yaknu Simple Past Tense.
Secara umum susunan kalimatnya hampir mirip dengan bentuk simple present tense yakni terdiri atas subjek (S), kata kerja (V), objek atau pelengkap. Yang membedakan disini adalah bahwa kata kerjanya berubah tidak sesuai dengan subjeknya tetapi kata kerja yang digunakan bisa berupa bentuk teratur (regular verb) atau yang tidak teratur (irregular verb) atau biasa juga disebut dengan kata kerja bentuk 2 (verb-2). Namun kali ini saya menggunakan istilah past form (verb-2) dan participate(verb-3). Nah untuk lebih mengerti Let’s check these out again!
Bentuk dan rumusan kalimat Simple Past Tense
Kalimat Simple past tense adalah suatu bentuk kalimat yang kata kerjanya digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian yang dilakukan pada saat lampau. Adapun yang perlu diingat dalam menyusun kalimat bentuk tense ini adalah kita perlu tahu bentuk regular verb/past forms dan irregular pas forms.Berikut beberapa contoh perubahan verb word:
Regular past forms:
Verb word | Past form | Participate | Meaning |
List | Listed | Listed | Mendaftar |
Protect | Protected | Protected | Melindungi |
Correct | Corrected | Corrected | Memperbaiki |
Reject | Reject | Reject | Menolak |
Avoid | Avoided | Avoided | Menghindari |
Finish | Finished | Finished | Menyelesaikan |
Study | Studied | Studied | Belajar |
Irregular past forms
Verb word | Past form | Participate | Meaning |
Be | Was/were | Been | Adalah, berada |
Begin | Began | Begun | Memulai |
Break | Broke | Break | Patah |
Do | Did | Done | Melakukan |
Eat | Ate | eaten | Makan |
Go | Went | gone | Pergi |
Take | Took | taken | mengambil |
Ingat, bentuk past form dari irregular verbs di atas tidak sama dengan bentuk participate-nya.
Rumus simple pas tense dapat dituliskan untuk bentuk positif:
S | V (past) | M |
The concert | began | at seven o’clock |
They | were | busy |
Bentuk negatifnya:
S | to be (was/ were)/ Auxiliary verbs (did) | not | verb word | M |
The concert | did | not | begin | at seven o’clock |
They | were | not | – | busy |
Bentuk kalimat Tanya:
To be (was/were) /Auxiliary verbs (did) | S | verb word | M |
Did | the concert | begin | at seven o’clock? |
Were | they | – | busy? |
Berikut ini beberapa contoh kalimat Simple Past Tense
Kalimat positif
a. Amira went to the school by bus yesterday.
b. She was very beautiful long time ago.
c. Mia and Ron loved to read book.
d. They kept running far away.
e. She brought many books last night.
f. He protected many cats at his house.
Kalimat negatif
a. Amira did not go to the school by bus yesteday.
b. She was not beautiful long time ago.
c. Mia and Ron did not love to read books.
e. They dis not keep running far away.
f. She did not bring many books last night.
g. He didn’t protect many cats at his house.
Kalimat Tanya
a. Did Amira go to the school by bus yesterday?
b. Was she beautiful long time ago?
c. Did Mia and Ron love to read books?
e. Did they keep running far away?
f. Did she bring many books last night?
g. Did he protect many cats at his house?
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